By Amita Naigaonkar | Manager: Resource Mobilization
Dear donors,
Greetings from IDEA!!
Festivals are in the air in India . We have many festivals in the months of October , November and December . Schools and colleges have long holidays for ‘ Diwali ‘ and its a right time for IDEA to organise co-curricular activities for our students . Many companies too approach us for celebrating these festivals with poor & needy children . They invite them to their company ; give them exposure ; share their joy with them .
Visit to CMC Academy
As part of our efforts to bring underprivileged children in the virtual world, about 13 children from IDEA beneficiaries got an opportunity to visit CMC Academy and learn basics of computer software and hardware. CMC is a Tata Enterprise and a subsidiary of TCS focussing on Education and Training. It focuses on providing advanced skills for employment in IT, Finance and Accounts, Design & Creative, Office Management and several other areas.
Children were excited to get to sit in a glossy training room and learn computer basics. Employees of CMC also taught bookmarks and paper caps making which was an additional bite in their enthusiasm.
Vinaya knows where she wants to go!
Vinaya is 16 years old girl studying in 11th commerce stream in a college in Bhor one of our project locations. She lives with her parents and younger brother in a small village . They do not have a house of their own. They live in a small shelter provided by their relative. Vinaya’s father works as a tailor. He has a small tailoring shop where he stitches men’s clothes. Her mother works as a labourer in someone else’s farm. Both of them work hard to meet family’s requirements.
Vinaya’s parents are aware of the importance of education and are willing to support their daughter to complete her graduation. But sometimes they have to struggle hard on finances to meet both ends.
We conduct student mobilization sessions in the village community under skill development program. During one such session, we met Vinaya and gave information about computer literacy class. Very soon she joined the basic computer class run by IDEA foundation.
Vinaya knows the importance of computer learning but due to poor economic condition of the family she could not join any computer course earlier. Today she is one of the regular and sincere students of computer class. Within two months of learning computer, she is able to understand basic concepts of computer such as MS word, Excel and Power point.
Now her ambition is rejuvenated. She is exploring ways to learn more of computer such as tally because her aim is to focus on banking exam and work in a banking sector after getting through the exam.
Thank you donors for pitching in and motivating Vinaya and others to continue their computer education.
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